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Wednesday, June 7, 2017
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Iranian media says parliament siege has ended
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency says the siege at parliament is over and that four attackers have been killed.
Gunmen and suicide bombers attacked parliament and the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini on Wednesday, killing at least two security guards and wounding more than 30 people. The Islamic State group claimed both attacks.
The attack on parliament, which was in session at the time, lasted more than three hours. Police surrounded the building and gunfire could be heard from outside.
It marked the first time IS has claimed an attack in Iran. The Sunni extremist group is at war with Iranian-backed forces in Syria and Iraq, and views Iran’s Shiite majority as apostates deserving of death.
— AP
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